Pleasure is a more mysterious thing than we realize. Check out what Paul Bloom as to say about it on this TED Talk.
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Showing posts with label pleasure. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Pleasure & addiction
Why do certain things feel so much better than others? Why are more people addicted to cigarettes than heroin? Check out this episode of Fresh Air with David Lyndon, the author of The compass of pleasure: how our brains make fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning, and gambling, feel so good. Perhaps this will help me with my raging addiction to Blue Bell Ice Cream. Hopefully not.
This podcast is no longer available on itunes, but you can listen here.
This podcast is no longer available on itunes, but you can listen here.
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